A couple of months ago, I proudly shared the story of how it took six months to stock my well-stocked walk-in pantry. Alas, the downside of renting means that a home is never truly your own, (but then neither is the mortgage which is what landed the owner in hot water, so I’ve got that

In just about every good cookbook you’ll find – usually in the introduction – a section entitled, “Staple Ingredients”, “Pantry” or simply, “Staples”. In short, it’s the list of ingredients cooks should have on hand at all times. For some cookbooks, like “Indian in 6” it includes ingredients you wouldn’t usually find in my pantry